“After pushing for a combined 10 percent pay raise, the city council voted unanimously to give the firefighters’ union a 5 percent salary raise and 4 percent cost of living increase. The city, on the other hand, has argued not to exceed a 6.5 percent raise. Firefighters say the raise will actually be much less for more than half of the department members who are already at the top of their pay scale.”
Hmmm, not quite as good as the 100% raise I advocated, but I suppose something is better than nothing. (Yes, I said 100%. I think we need to double the salaries of cops, firefighters, nurses, and teachers. Public service should be an attractive career path for folks just getting out of college.)
